Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! And, er, Hey, whats that over there? *Steals your helmet* ^_^ Take care of yourself!

Merry Chirstmas, Be safe

Hey! Mr. Badass himself! Great to see ya in the flesh mate. Hope your doin alright and also I wish you a merry christmas too. Keep doin us proud over there and have a safe return home when that time comes. Till then Keep bustin up the streets sayin "Who's your Baghdaddy!?"

No dragon skin yet?

Ah, well. IOTV's better than the IBA, anyday. Anyone pulled the ripcord on you yet?

Oh... MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Dragon Skin? Are you crazy? The Army, pay for Dragon Skin? *literally ROFL's.*

Nah, noone pullled the ripcord. BTN SOP is an instant field grade Article 15.

Merry christmas to you too!

Yes, yes you do. No kidding, I do have a thing for guys in uniform x3 Merry Christmas.

good you are keepin yer head down
stay safe and have a happy new year

awesome dude <3

Merry Christmas! I wish you safety!

What does the patch thing on your shoulder-pad mean?

That would be *clears throat all important like* my Shoulder-Sleeve Insignia.

More commonly known as my Unit Patch.

41st Fires Brigade. Were HEAVY Field Artillery. MLRS to be exact.

Chicks dig dudes in body armor
*cough* and SO does some dudes as well

You look rather smashing I say >:3

Likewise, m'lady!

that vehicle doesn't even look used. (i'm not talkin about you, lol)

Whut? It just rained, if your talking about the HMMWV. (Humvee, for those of you in the civillian sector)

I knew what it was, but since it rained, i guess you can call it just washed, lol

lookin good private Tomasik. you satcom or somethin?

i'm sorry... just glimpsed...

Corploral Tomasik ^___^

horrible... spelling right now... *corporal

Negative! I'm Field Artillery and Infantry hybrid.

just saw the equipment an took a shot at it ^^

The MBITR radio I'm carrying can be quite misleading, but its used for intra-inter platoon commo when my platoon is dismounted :3

ah ok gotcha ^^

definitely mislead me XD

Why not Dragonskin :(

It's not cost-effective enough, and on top of that, the Army is too lazy to test it properly.

They said that they have tested it before, and it hasent "been up to their standards", but in all other civillian and government tests, it's been proven to be MUCH more effective.

question... i see this where you're ranked as a CPL, but recent pics an you'r a SPC... i'm confused... were you demoted at some point?

Yes. Laterally.

My battery was overstocked in NCO's. Me, being the bottom of the food chain was laterally demoted back to a SPC.

It was a rather large kick in the nuts. *shrugs*

I still get paid the same though.

well seeing as it's the same paygrade, it wouldn't matter, but that still sucks being you'd get a crap load more of respect (in most XD).

do you expect to be re-premoted once you return Conus?

Negative.

CPL's aren't in our MTOE either. As for getting respect as a CPL, not in my unit *grins* Were small and tightly knit, our batteries are, but I could get things done.

Sure, people would whine.

But it didn't matter, I was still an NCO.

man that really bites. well when i meant more respect... i meant more responsibility lol. i mean they wouldn't trust most SPC's with the same amount of work that the CPL's gotta do XDDD

so do you ever see the re-promote before you leave the army? lol

Sometimes. I'm going to ask for a battlefield promotion, because they are authorized now. I doubt I'll get it.

Anyways, I still get treated like an NCO. I even get dragged into the "NCO ONLY" meetings that I -really- hate going to.

Its whatever :3 My soldiers that are under me still listen to me.

well that works i guess... i mean if you're still treated like the rank then the rank doesn't really need to be there, you get paid the same. so i guess you still win in the end. minus those pain in the ass meetings lol

heh you got that wrong it is all about the cammies which is why we marines get more gals :P heh but yeah caint wait to get to afghanistan for the fun shit!

Tell me about it. I detest ACU. The marines have it good when it comes to their digi patterns. I don't know WHAT the fuck the higher-ups were thinking when they developed our pattern. To much acid, I'm guessing.

I dont mess around with army chicks anyways, they are all psycho!

Besides, I got a girlfriend, so no need to really look anyways.

Stay safe in Afghanistan. If I were staying in, I'd be over there in about a year, too.

heh really though it comes down to the dress uniform which we beat you in as well because i was at an elementary school the other day and they said that the army guys that come in look nasty and thats pretty bad coming from 4th graders about uniforms XD

Then those are some fucked up soldiers. *shakes his head*

Reserve or Guard perhaps? All fat -n- shit.

I look -GOOD- in my dress greens, with more fruit salad above my heart then most people my rank. 6 bars full of it baby, and 5 unit citations. Not to mention a belgian fortege, plus my Combat Action Badge (which I earned the right way, instead of these CAB chasers and shammin' ass pouges), and my marksmanship and expert drivers badges too.

I do like the marine dress uniform, but you gotta admit, the Army dress blue uniform is a close second looks pretty sex with the miniture medals on it.

1 i ment the army guys that go around in their cammies like they are some tough shit, secondly nah nothing comes close to teh awesomeness that is the dress blues for the corp yal just copy us :P also why are you proud of tiny medals i wanna show mine off with flair :P

i got a t-shirt that says that